vectorscan on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 28,2024

1. Install "vectorscan" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install vectorscan on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall vectorscan on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "vectorscan" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone vectorscan's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/vectorscan.git 
            
                        
                ~/vectorscan
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/vectorscan folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/vectorscan
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vectorscan package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1365979
Name: vectorscan
PackageBaseID: 200327
PackageBase: vectorscan
Version: 5.4.11-1
Description: Portable fork of hyperscan regular expression matching library
URL: https://github.com/VectorCamp/vectorscan
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0.135942
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: marcool04
Submitter: marcool04
FirstSubmitted: 1701938420
LastModified: 1701938420
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/vectorscan.tar.gz